Lamp shade



June 5, 1928. 1,672,485

E. 1.. DUNAND LAMP SHADE Filed Dec. 8, 1926 v NYE NTOR:

Erncs'lLtnno Dunn H TTOHNEYS- Patented June 5, 1928 UNITED f mesa L mwx nut-im Lennon, ENGLAND;

"nm'snennrl Application filed December 8,1926, Seriallio.153,241, and in Great Britain July 21, 1926.

The invention relates to "lamp shades pri-' I marily for electric incandescent lamps;

The shade is adapted'to contain and sup-z by printing, painting,- embroidering or port the lamp, the shade andfits'lamp'being a freely'movable unit either at theend of flexible electric leads, or on a suitable pedestal. The invention is, however, particu larly intended for use without a pedestal, being furnished instead with clips, or other suitable suspension securing means, whereby it may be instantly and easily attached to or detached from a convenient fixture such as a horizontal bed rail, a rack surmounting an olfice desk, and so on. In this latter respect an important object of the invention is to construct a lightweight shade carrying the lamp which can be attached to a bed rail immediately above the occupants eyes, direct rays being shaded, and which is capable of being produced in artistic manner.

Broadly, according to the invention, the lamp shade is of box-likeform constructed of translucent or semi-transparent material to transmit diffused light all around and contains a support for a lamp, the shade entirely surrounding the lamp except at its base which has an opening and a screened part, the latter being so disposed with relation to the lamp as to intercept and diffuse direct downward rays, there being incorporated means to support the shade." In one form, the shade consists of a hollow structure of semi-transparent material (such as silk or other fabric, paper or the like, stretched or mounted on a wire frame) which has a forward part in'theform of a closed-in hood totally concealing the lamp, which hood is an extension of a rear part open at the bottom to allow access to the lamp, a lamp mounting or holder of any description being built in with or mounted in the hood. a

The said invention willtbe better understood by reference to the following des crip'-- tion of an embodiment in greater detail,- by

extending from the two erect over a still wire foundation frame or.cage

- more, particularly indicated in Figure 4.

The shade'may befartistically ornamented larlythe bottom of the rear part 2 between the two semi-circular wires is rectangular, and the'bottom ,of-the hooded front 3 is semi-circular-this being merely I a; general description.

' The foundation of the said hood may be a number of downwardly curved wire ribs 5 semi-circles 4 of the'rear. x i

In covering the frame to form the shade, the rectangular bottom-ofthe rear part 2 is left open, whilst the semi-circular bottom I of'the hood 3 is covered in with the rest of the shade. p 7 A wire loop 6 is formed in or attached to one of the ribs 5 of thehood 3, and projects interiorly of the shade to sup ort an electric lamp which .is housed wel inside the hood 3 above the covered bottom thereof.

Or, of course, any other lamp mounting maybe used. The electric wires are led in through any suitable orifice in the shadeor through the opening in the bottom. This refers to the leads of an electric incandescent lamp, and the flex of a separate suspended switch if used. It is considered unnecessary to show any opening or openings, as they may be disposed anywhere convenient.

The wires forming the "foundation or cage as above described'may be bent into a hook support the lamp and shade on the top rail of a bed for instance.

Or other securing means may be used. Weighted ribbons 1 are shown by way of example which are secured to the back of the shade, and adapted to hang over the head ofthe bed to support, by 'counterbalancing, the shade.

I am "aware that in lighting means for ox with an underneath opaque portion screening direct rays from an enclosed lamp picture auditoriums," an opaque reflecting.

' has been formed with means to mount same a front portion of substantially quarter spherical form consisting of curved Wire ribs exten-cllng from .one of said erect semicircular ribs, a cover of light diffusing material on said-frame which completely covers same except at the bottom for a rectangular space between the bases of the erect semicircular ribs, and which cover-closes the bottom of the quarter-spherical front Person, a lamp helde Within the frame adapted to hold the lamp so that the same assumes a position in the quarter-spherical front portion, and flexible counter-weight ment e t e e Qn o th ere semicircular ribs for supporting the shade on a rail or thelike p p I In timo ywhen ot, I ha e s gn d my name to this specification at London England, this 11th day of November, 1926.

EBNESTJLENNOX DUNAND- 

